Yorkshire secured maximum batting bonus points for the first time in two years as they reached 416 and built up a first innings lead of 163 on the third day against Northamptonshire

01-Jun-2012
ScorecardOli Stone claimed his maiden first class wicket but couldn’t prevent Northants conceding a large lead•Getty Images

Yorkshire secured maximum batting bonus points for the first time in two years as they reached 416 and built up a first innings lead of 163 on the third day against Northamptonshire. The visitors replied with 43 for 1 in 15 overs before bad light ended play in this Division Two match with 10 overs remaining at Headingley.Rain caused eight overs to be lost before play was able to begin at noon with Yorkshire on 190 for 3 and Joe Root needing only two more runs to complete his first century at Headingley. He did not have long to wait, steering his third ball from Lee Daggett to the third man boundary to reach the milestone in 137 deliveries. It contained 11 fours.Jonny Bairstow, 36 overnight, raised the century stand in the same over and his half-century followed from 92 balls with eight boundaries.It was another impressive display from Root but when he had reached 125 he fell to a splendid catch by wicketkeeper David Murphy, who took a sharply rising ball stood up to the stumps to Andrew Hall. The fourth wicket pair had put on 147 in 31 overs but the departure of Root slowed down Yorkshire’s progress and they lost their momentum in the afternoon session.Neither Bairstow nor new batsman Gary Ballance was able to force the pace and the usually brisk Ballance took 17 balls to get off the mark. In 10 overs together the pair scraped only 25 runs and Bairstow then lost his off-stump to Hall after making 68 from 137 balls, with 10 fours.The tempo remained flat even with the arrival of Anthony McGrath, who took 14 balls to get off the mark and Yorkshire were unable to take full advantage of Hall having to hobble off the field with a strain one ball into a new over.After McGrath and Ballance had scored 32 together in 11 overs, Ballance bobbed up a bat and pad catch off James Middlebrook to Alex Wakely at short leg to leave Yorkshire on 300 for 6 and it took Azeem Rafiq to bring some much needed impetus to the innings. He went on the attack with a series of perfectly timed strokes and, with McGrath also showing greater fluency, Yorkshire were able to go in to tea on 361 for 6 in 92 overs.But early in the evening session, Rafiq’s spree was ended by Daggett, the batsman flashing outside off-stump to be caught by Murphy for 37 from 44 balls with six fours.Two runs later, McGrath played across the line to a full-length ball from David Willey and was lbw for 47 and when Ryan Sidebottom steered Daggett to Stephen Peters at first slip in the 100th over a further 21 were still required for the fifth batting bonus point.They got there in the 104th over thanks to some clean straight drives by Mitchell Starc, and the last wicket pair added a useful 37 before Steve Patterson was bowled round his legs by Middlebrook.Coming on as first change, Starc pinned Middlebrook lbw with his fourth ball but with the light deteriorating he could be risked for only one over before giving way to Rafiq. Peters (20) and Kyle Coetzer (12) were the not out batsmen when bad light ended play with the visitors still needing to do a lot of work to deny Yorkshire a third win of the season.

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O São Bento volta a campo nesta sexta-feira para encarar o Boa Esporte, em casa, visando mais uma triunfo na Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro. Com cinco jogos e cinco gols na segundona, o atacante do time de Sorocaba, Francis, falou sobre a importância deste compromisso.

– Vamos enfrentar uma equipe forte, que vem em busca de pontos em nossa casa. Temos que ter atenção e fazer o que estamos fazendo nas últimas rodadas. Só a vitória nos interessa para permanecermos crescendo na tabela de classificação da Série B. É vencer ou vencer – disse.

Sem perder há quatro rodadas na disputa – três vitórias e um empate -, a equipe paulista tentará manter essa sequência, segundo destacou o atacante Francis.

– Estamos vivendo um ótimo momento na Série B, nos afastando do Z4 e subindo na tabela. Essa evolução tem sido importante, tem dado confiança ao elenco. Vamos continuar trabalhando firme para terminarmos a competição com ótimos resultados – afirmou.

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Graeme Smith believes his side can push for victory after battling through a difficult spell to post an ’emotional’ hundred in his 100th Test

Firdose Moonda at The Oval21-Jul-2012Graeme Smith is due to leave England before the second Test to attend the birth of his first child but, as he marked his 100th Test with a century, his wife, the Irish singer Morgan Deane, joked on Twitter that her waters had broken already.Smith, who will return in time to lead South Africa again at Headingley on August 2, laughed it off and said he tries not to read all her posts these days. “She’s very impulsive, I’m trying to calm her down a bit,” he said. “She’s been very supportive though, considering she is going to give birth so soon.”If there was doubt about Smith’s abilities as a batsman and leader, they have surely all been squashed. His 25th Test hundred was also his seventh against England, fifth in England and made him the seventh player to have scored a century on a landmark 100th Test.Having also brought up big scores on both South Africa’s previous tours here, combined with the fact that the team have never lost a Test when Smith has crossed the three-figure mark, his reputation is at its peak. The actual magnitude of what he has achieved hasn’t formed a solid memory quite yet but he is starting to grasp what significance it has.”It hasn’t really sunk in yet. It was kind of surreal at the time. A lot of thoughts and emotions went through my head,” Smith said. “It was a dream come true to come out and have the chance to do that. At one stage when Graeme Swann was spinning it past my bat, the hundred looked a long time away but once I fought through those tough times, it became a reality.”Smith said he expected a tough passage of play up front but knew that if he could see it through, there may be an opportunity to wrest control of the match. “It was a battle of attrition out there really,” he said. “There weren’t many scoring opportunities available to me so it was about being strong in my game plan. We expected that tactic from England this morning, that they would try and squeeze us as much as possible and cause us to make a mistake. We felt that if we could hold the game in that period of time we would be able to get a release somewhere.”After a cautious start, in which “the key factor was the way I left the ball this morning”, Smith and Hashim Amla took 72 runs off the 13 overs before lunch, which included Smith’s century. “When I got to 100, there was so many emotions: from the battle with Swann to knowing my wife is giving birth in three days’ time,” he said. “All those things were coming through. I don’t even think I realised how I was celebrating. It is a blank moment in my mind.”There is still work to do before he turns his mind to fatherhood. “The way we bounced back with the ball has been probably the biggest achievement of this Test match so far,” he said. “On day one, we were 50-50, we were solid without having an X-factor in our game. It’s so easy to let the game drift from that position and be playing the rest of the Test match under massive pressure but we were able to keep England under pressure.”Now, Smith wants to go for the kill. He has already considered South Africa’s strategy for closing out this match but was careful not to reveal too much. “I don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves. We’ve got two guys, Amla and Jacques Kallis, close to milestones tomorrow and I would love them to get there,” he said. “It’s been a difficult wicket to push on and score greater than three runs an over but if we set up a good base, hopefully we can do that.”Although Smith expects a tighter effort from England, he was bullish in his assessment of whether South Africa has what it takes to win. “We need to respect our opponent, they have the ability to bounce back,” he said. “But we want to have a chance to push for a victory. I believe we have the ability to win, if we set the game up right. If we give ourselves the chance to bowl out England, I believe we’ve got the armoury to do that.”David Saker, England’s bowling coach, called the pitch “subcontinental” and expects it to deteriorate, which could set the stage for the legspinner Imran Tahir to ignite his South Africa career. Smith was hopeful that would be the case. “It is quite dusty and quite dry. There is a turn available and it will be a good opportunity for Imran to get in,” he said. “His form looks pretty solid. I don’t want to put too much pressure on him but, on day five, if we are bowling for the win, he will have to play a prominent role.”

Wicketkeeper-batsman Anamul Haque will lead a 15-member Bangladesh squad in the Under-19 World Cup in Australia

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Jul-2012Anamul Haque, the wicketkeeper-batsman, will lead a 15-member Bangladesh squad in the Under-19 World Cup in Australia. Nurul Hasan will be Anamul’s deputy. Anamul toured Zimbabwe recently for the Twenty20 tri-series with the senior side and was not part of the junior team which was knocked out by Afghanistan in the Under-19 Asia Cup.Bangladesh Under-19 squad for the World Cup

Anamul Haque (capt), Nurul Hasan (vice-capt), Asif Ahmed, Soumya Sarkar, Salman Hossain, Noor Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Naeem Islam jnr, Nasum Ahmed, Dewan Sabbir, Abu Haider, Al-Amin, Taskin Ahmed, Liton Das, Abu Jayed

There are four changes from the Asia Cup squad whose failure prompted the BCB to ask the captain, coach, manager and selectors for an explanation. Bangladesh finished third in Group B, behind Afghanistan, and lost out on a semi-final berth.Bangladesh have been grouped with South Africa, Sri Lanka and Namibia in Group D. They will face Sri Lanka in their opening match on August 11.

أعلن النادي الأهلي موعد فتح وغلق بوابات استاد القاهرة الدولي لدخول الجماهير في مباراة الهلال السوداني المرتقبة بدوري أبطال إفريقيا.

الأهلي يستضيف الهلال، يوم السبت الموافق 1 أبريل، في إطار الجولة السادسة من دور المجموعات للبطولة الإفريقية.

وكان الأهلي أعلن حصوله على موافقة من الجهات الأمنية بحضور 50 ألف مشجع للمباراة المصيرية، وتم نفاذ جميع التذاكر.

طالع | الهلال يتقدم بـ3 اقتراحات لـ كاف بشأن مباراة الأهلي ويُهدد بالتصعيد: لا نريد “بورسعيد” جديدة

ونشرت الصفحة الرسمية للنادي الأهلي على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي “فيس بوك: “استاد القاهرة يفتح أبوابه في تمام الساعة 4 عصراً، ويغلقها 8 مساءً”.

وأشار إلى أنه على الجماهير الحضور مبكراً لمنع التكدس وسهولة الدخول، ولا بد من تواجد الـ”فان آي دي” مع التذكرة.

الأهلي يحتاج إلى الفوز بهدف من أجل التأهل إلى دور الـ8 لبطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا كوصيف للمجموعة الثانية خلف المتصدر صن داونز.

Sachin Tendulkar has insisted he has no plans to retire from the ODI format though he has skipped all but two of India’s one-day series since last year’s World Cup. Tendulkar has also opted out of the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka starting later this month.”It’s not what XYZ think, it’s what I feel and I feel as long as I am enjoying and I feel like being part of it, I’ll continue (playing ODIs),” he told .On the subject of ending his one-day career, Tendulkar drew a parallel with his international Twenty20 retirement. “I felt I shouldn’t be part of the Twenty20 squad in 2007 and I had been asked (to stay on) but I felt I should not be part because the team did well. When I get that feeling in one-day cricket may be I would take that decision.”Tendulkar has played both of India’s one-day tournaments so far this year, but decided to sit out the upcoming Sri Lanka series. “I just wanted to spend time with my family, as simple as that,” he said. “I spoke to the BCCI and requested them. To be able to spend time with my children is also important.”In Tendulkar’s absence, India’s opening pair for the Sri Lanka series will be Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, who himself had asked for rest for the Asia Cup in March. Sehwag backed Tendulkar’s decision to miss the series. “Not only me but the whole country misses Sachin when he is not in action,” he told reporters in Delhi. “But one should realise that he is 39 years and he should be allowed to pick and choose which series he wants to go. He will certainly be available for the Test series against New Zealand.”

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Logo após vencer o Colo-Colo por 2 a 0 e alcançar a classificação para a semifinal da Libertadores, Luiz Felipe Scolari chegou para dar entrevista coletiva cheio de bom humor. Logo avisou que não falaria sobre o clássico de sábado, contra o São Paulo, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro. Mas falou até em torcer para enfrentar o Grêmio na decisão do torneio continental.

– Torço por nosso país, nossos treinadores, nosso futebol. Não vejo por que não valorizar o que é bom e o que é nosso. E o Renato… Espero encontrá-lo na final, que seja assim: Palmeiras x Grêmio – disse Felipão, que elogiou nominalmente todos os técnicos de times brasileiros classificados na Libertadores e na Copa Sul-Americana, inclusive indicando que torce para o Cruzeiro de Mano Menezes eliminar o Boca Juniors (nesta quinta-feira, no Mineirão, precisa reverter a derrota por 2 a 0 na ida, na Argentina).

– Do jogo de sábado só posso falar que terei a maior alegria de encontrar o Diego Aguirre e espero que ele me pague o churrasco que paguei em Porto Alegre e ele não me devolveu. Sou amigo do peito do Aguirre. Antes dos Gre-Nais, jantávamos juntos em churrascarias. É amizade de alguém que conheci no Brasil e me tratou de forma muito respeitosa. Ele treina do meu lado, tentei subir o muro para gritar bobagem, mas não dá, ergueram 3, 4 metros de muro. Com Carpegiani (como técnico do São Paulo), gritei e caí. Agora, não dá tempo. Encontrar o Aguirre é sempre bom. Que eles se matem em campo e eu e o Aguirre que nos lembremos do tempo de Porto Alegre. Será ótimo – avisou, sorrindo, sem se preocupar com qualquer repercussão de suas declarações.

– A única coisa que prometi para a minha mulher quando disse que vinha para o Palmeiras é que não ouviria nada, nem programa de televisão ou rádio, para não ficar respondendo. Não estou escutando nada, se é bom, se tem ranço. Vou cumprir promessa porque aí não tem que discutir, ficar bravo. É a mesma coisa de quando eu estava na China: não entendo nada.

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Deyverson
Tem tomado Maracugina para ficar calminho. Não foi o Deyverson que deu uma peitada no zagueiro do Cruzeiro. Foi o zagueiro do Cruzeiro. os árbitros estão interpretando o que não existe. Se ele parou e deu um drible, não é menosprezo, ou ninguém pode driblar. É que hoje é bonito falar do Deyverson, Chico Anysio, não sei o que. É bom jogador, comete deslizes, mas que comecem por outros jogadores, e que os árbitros pensem nisso em vez de punir Deyverson porque o cabelinho dele é loiro.

Vitória sobre Colo-Colo
Mérito de equipe que se dedica. Quando idealizamos o time do Colo-Colo, fizemos modificações e tivemos a participação de dois ou três jogadores jogando de forma diferente, mas pela equipe. É um elenco trabalhando sério e tentando resultados para um possível título.

Dudu
Dudu foi meu jogador no Grêmio. Na primeira semana, estava chateado, na reserva, o Murtosa o colocou na linha e, comigo, ele é isso aí. Sempre foi assim. Trocamos de posição baseado no que o conhecemos e nas informações do Palmeiras de 2016, em alguns jogos, e como aquela equipe ia nos complicar jogando daquela maneira, optamos pelo Dudu nessa posição, e ele foi fundamental. Ele se sente bem comigo e eu me sinto bem com ele.

Borja
Borja é um excelente jogador e, por isso, tem sempre que trabalhar para evoluir. Hoje, jogou muito bem no aspecto tático, evoluiu 30% dos outros jogos. Se ele se porta dessa forma em outros jogos, é espetacular para a equipe. Ele precisa jogar como sabe, mas com aplicação tática que ele, muitas vezes, por não ter sido cobrado e ensinando no tempo certo, tem dificuldade. Está melhorando nesse sentido. Melhor para o Palmeiras.

Thiago Santos
O Thiago faz o que sabe fazer bem: tem grande poder de marcação, antecipação, boa bola alta. Ele te dá, em uma equipe, a função que é dada. Não pode cobrar dele ser armador e finalizador, mas faz muito bem a função. Por isso, nossa zaga sofreu muito pouco.

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Rory Hamilton-Brown has announced that he will stand down as Surrey captain to focus on his own game

George Dobell10-Aug-2012Rory Hamilton-Brown has resigned as captain of Surrey having struggled to regain equilibrium following the death of close friend and team-mate Tom Maynard. Although Hamilton-Brown has reaffirmed his commitment to pursuing a playing career, he has accepted it will take time to regain the mental and physical fitness required to fulfil one of the more demanding jobs in cricket.Gareth Batty will continue as Surrey captain until the end of the season, with the club making a decision about a longer-term solution in the off-season. Batty and new signing Vikram Solanki will be among the candidates for the role, though Chris Adams, Surrey’s director of cricket, has made no secret of his desire to bring in new faces.Hamilton-Brown’s resignation brings to an end an experiment that was beginning to bear fruit. Just 22 at the time of his appointment in 2010 – the youngest Surrey captain in more than a century – Hamilton-Brown assumed leadership of a team struggling in all formats of the game. While progress was not always smooth, Surrey won the CB40 competition and Championship promotion in 2011 and, with a squad boasting several highly talented young players, looked set for a period of sustained success.Then came the tragic incident in June that claimed the life of Maynard – a young batsman in whom club and country had high hopes – and Hamilton-Brown was given indefinite compassionate leave to come to terms with his grief. While he has taken the first tentative steps towards a first-team return, he has decided that the responsibilities of captaincy are a burden he can do without at this stage of his rehabilitation. Surrey have not won a Championship game in his absence and endured a poor T20 campaign.”I am honoured to have captained Surrey, the county I have played for since I was nine years old,” Hamilton-Brown said. “It has been a privilege to have been in charge of a fantastic group of players and what we achieved together is a great source of pride to me, particularly our unprecedented record of only one defeat in 20 Clydesdale Bank matches.”I am only 24 and would now like to concentrate on my own game and try to achieve ambitions I have in the game by continuing to play well for Surrey.”Adams said: “I would like to thank Rory for everything he has achieved during his three years as captain. Having taken on the captaincy in 2010, winning a Lord’s final and securing promotion to Division One in 2011 were both fantastic achievements. He has undoubted talent and a desire to take his game to the next level. I hope he achieves all his ambitions within the game in the years to come.”Surrey remain in contention to retain the CB40 trophy – they are top of Group B having lost just one of their eight games – but have slipped into relegation trouble in the Championship, losing their most recent match against Durham by an innings.

Warwickshire produced an outstanding team performance to beat the Unicorns by 10 wickets at Wormsley.

19-Aug-2012
ScorecardWarwickshire produced an outstanding team performance to beat the Unicorns by 10 wickets at Wormsley.Chris Woakes, fresh from his his exertions with England Lions over the last couple of weeks, returned to the Warwickshire fold to take 4 for 24 from eight overs as the hosts were all out for 185.Will Porterfield and Varun Chopra made light work of the target, with the former striking a magnificent 100 not out from 89 balls while his partner struck the winning runs with a boundary in the 30th over to take him to an unbeaten 73.Bottom-placed Unicorns had just one win to their name from 11 matches and they were put into bat this afternoon, at one point slipping to 5 for 4. They were under pressure immediately as opening bowlers Chris Wright and Woakes conceded just one run between them in the opening three overs.The pressure eventually told as Vishal Tripathi was bowled by Woakes, who then dismissed Tom New and James Ord in his next over after Bradley Wadlan had fallen to Wright. In danger of sinking without trace, they then fell to 12 for 5 as 23-year-old Woakes accounted for Unicorns captain Keith Parsons. Although a helpful 35 from Lewis Hill helped to relieve some pressure.Glen Querl, batting at number nine, added 64 runs alongside Hill for the eighth wicket before the latter became Wright’s second scalp. Querl fell six runs shy of a half-century – falling lbw to Warwickshire debutant Ian Blackwell – after a magnificent 44 from just 27 balls.At 112 for 9, any hopes of posting a competitive total looked remote but last man Paul Hindmarch put his top-order colleagues to shame. In just his second List A match, Hindmarch, the 24-year-old Cumbrian, made exactly 50 off 49 balls to take his side to what looked like a defendable, if not competitive total.Chopra and Porterfield took their time to get to grips with the surface, with just one boundary coming in the first five overs. But they refused to panic and settled to their task thereafter, with Chopra hammering successive fours off Luis Reece.Porterfield was the first to his half-century with his ninth four and brought up three figures in the game’s penultimate over with a single off Querl. It was then left to Chopra to finish off the match in style with his 10th four as Warwickshire sealed victory with more than 10 overs to spare to boost their hopes of qualification from the group.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsKemar Roach followed up his five-wicket haul in Antigua with 4 for 70•DigicelCricket.com/Brooks LaTouche Photography

West Indies achieved what was expected of them after winning the toss and opting to bowl, that was to bowl the opposition out. Kemar Roach justified his captain’s decision with a four-wicket haul, backed by Tino Best, to restrict the struggling New Zealand side to 260 on a Sabina Park pitch which offered something more to the seamers on the opening day than the surface at Antigua. New Zealand, though, brought it on themselves with a series of poor shots and as a result they could never keep West Indies under pressure for sustained periods.The captain Ross Taylor said after the first Test that his team needed more centuries if they are to mount any pressure on the opposition. But once again, they turned in an underwhelming performance with the bat, with two batsmen, including Taylor himself, making half-centuries but failing to convert them. New Zealand had made decent progress till tea, but lost their last seven wickets for 99 runs to give West Indies the upper hand.The overnight rain had left some moisture on the pitch and that prompted Darren Sammy to give his bowlers first use of the conditions. His seamers induced mistakes from the top order with an incisive opening spell. Best, in for the injured Ravi Rampaul, made an impact straightaway, beating the batsmen with pace and extra lift from a good length. There was no swing on offer but movement off the pitch, which kept the openers guessing. A couple of outside edges fell short of the packed slip cordon, Guptill took one on the chest, and it looked like a wicket was around the corner.

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• Kemar Roach’s four-wicket haul is his second of the series (five-for in the first Test) and the sixth haul of four or more wickets in his Tests. Since 2009, Roach’s tally of 81 wickets is comfortably the best among West Indian bowlers.

• Martin Guptill continued his good form with his third consecutive half-century of the series. In five previous innings, Guptill has scored four half-centuries and averages 62.4.

• Ross Taylor’s 60 is his 16th half-century and first against West Indies. In six innings against West Indies, Taylor has scored 191 runs at 31.83.

• The 103-run stand between Guptill and Taylor is the fifth-highest third-wicket stand for New Zealand against West Indies. The four other century stands for the third wicket have come in Tests played in New Zealand.

• Brendon McCullum’s tally of ducks (10) is the fourth-highest among New Zealand top-order (1-7) batsmen (only includes innings played between No.1 and No.7). Stephen Fleming and Ken Rutherford top the list with 16 ducks each.

• If West Indies go past New Zealand’s total, it will only be the fourth time they would have managed to gain the lead batting second against top teams (excluding Bangladesh and Zimbabwe) since 2009. Click here for a list of matches where they have gained the lead after batting first.

It came via Roach, though West Indies should consider themselves fortunate. Roach bowled it on the channel outside off, induced the half-hearted drive from BJ Watling, and the ball landed safely in Chris Gayle’s hands at first slip. But as is routine with Roach, the umpires checked for the front-foot no-ball and replays showed his foot landing on the line, with a tiny part of his boot behind it, and sliding forward. The umpires went by the first point of contact and gave the bowler the benefit of the doubt. It wasn’t the most convincing decision but Watling had to go.There were no such doubts about the second wicket though. Four balls later, Brendon McCullum got a jaffa from Best, which held its line on the corridor outside the off stump and found a thin edge to the wicketkeeper. Taylor had a close call first ball when the ball kicked up, brushed his glove and shoulder, and dropped wide of point.Guptill and Taylor, virtually opening the innings at 12 for 2, then weathered the storm. Taylor took advantage when Roach began to lose focus, driving the half volleys and spanking anything short and wide. Guptill scooped Sammy elegantly over long-on for six and Taylor too slapped one past point.Taylor was more positive after lunch, pouncing on some wayward offerings by Roach and brought up his fifty with a pull. Taylor had set the platform to score a century, but threw it away at 60 off a rash stroke. He was harsh on anything short and wide outside off and after putting away a couple of boundaries wide of point, he got too ambitious against a Best delivery which cramped him for room. Denesh Ramdin pouched a thick outside edge and Best celebrated his second wicket with his usual chest-beating theatrics.It increased the pressure on Guptill, then on 43. He was watchful for most part, as if settling to play a long innings, but was alert to anything bowled short. He clubbed Sunil Narine for a flat six over midwicket and brought up his third straight fifty of the series with a pull off Narine past square leg.The fight went out after tea, giving West Indies another opening. Kane Williamson had worked his way to a patient 22 before playing a loose drive against the part-time off spin of Narsingh Deonarine, offering an easy catch to Sammy. Dean Brownlie did nothing to reverse his poor form on this tour, nicking Roach to the wicketkeeper without scoring. The responsibility only piled on Guptill, who now had to shepherd an inexperienced lower order, already depleted by the loss of Daniel Vettori.A run-out added to New Zealand’s woes. Guptill looked in discomfort, perhaps with his hamstring, but his partner Kruger van Wyk took the risk of pushing for a quick single. Van Wyk punched it to cover but Guptill, who was struggling to make it to the other end, couldn’t beat the direct hit from Best. New Zealand had lost their mainstay and from then on it was a question of how quickly West Indies could wrap up the innings.After losing three wickets for nine runs, the last four wickets added 90, perhaps the only silver lining in an otherwise poor session for the visitors. Tim Southee and Neil Wagner swung their bats around to take the score past 250. Roach picked up his third wicket when he had Southee edging to slip and later wrapped up the innings when Wagner miscued a pull to mid-on. New Zealand couldn’t sneak in any wickets in the five overs before stumps. They will count on their four-man pace attack to take advantage of the conditions. Otherwise, it could be another Chris Gayle show.